UPDATED: Parents of kids in moving truck formally charged

4:46 PM,
Nov. 29, 2012

Five children, ranging in age from 9 to 17, were found in the back of this truck, along with 18 cats.

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THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR

NEW CASTLE - Henry County Prosecutor Joseph Bergacs filed formal charges late Thursday afternoon against two parents who were arrested after police, acting on a tip, found five of their children riding in the back of a rental truck.

David and Rebecca Detjen of Fairmount City, Pa., are each charged with one count of neglect of a dependent, a Class D felony.

An initial hearing in the case will be held around noon Friday in Henry Circuit Court 1, Bergacs said.EARLIER; State police arrest parents driving box truck with 5 kids, 18 cats in back of truck ...